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adj
Shining; glossy; lustrous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: mirrorlike, relucent, sleek, glacé, glassy, glossy, lacquerlike, satiny, sheeny, slickered, splendent, vitreous, gleamy, glisteny, mirrory, shining, shiny, zazzy
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Very conspicuous; illustrious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: apparent, evident, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, conspicuous, crystal clear, cut and dried, decided, elucidate, eyely, intuitive, manifest, notable, noticeable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, palpable, patent, plain, plain as a haystack, plain as a pikestaff, plain as day, plain as Dunstable highway, plain as porridge, plain as print, plain as Salisbury, plain as the nose on one's face, prima facie, res ipsa loquitur, splendent, straightforward, undissembled
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Splendid, marvellous, wonderful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: amazing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, sensational, awesomesauce, based, beatific, bewildering, blissful, celestial, cool, delightful, divine, dope, enchanting, excellent, extraordinary, far out, fire, heavenlike, heavenly, hellagood, impressive, incredible, inspiring, goshwow, glorious, gnarly, goated, grand, grandiose, great, groovy, magnificent, major, majestic, marvellous, mystifying, mythic, neat, lit, outstanding, phenomenal, powerful, rad, righteous, selcouth, splendent, stupendous, stupefying, sublime, surpassing, terrific, tight, unbelievable, unreal, wicked, wonderful, wondrous
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English splendaunt, from Old French splendiant, present participle of esplendiier, and esplendent, and Latin splendēns, splendentis, present participle of splendēre (“to shine”).
